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Detecting scientific fraud

Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2015 2:27 am
by NHE
Stanford researchers uncover patterns in how scientists lie about their data

When scientists falsify data, they try to cover it up by writing differently in their published works. A pair of Stanford researchers have devised a way of identifying these written clues.

http://news.stanford.edu/news/2015/nove ... 11615.html

Re: Detecting scientific fraud

Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2015 5:48 am
by MSbro
NHE wrote:Stanford researchers uncover patterns in how scientists lie about their data

When scientists falsify data, they try to cover it up by writing differently in their published works. A pair of Stanford researchers have devised a way of identifying these written clues.

http://news.stanford.edu/news/2015/nove ... 11615.html

Makes you wonder if any of the thousands of research projects involving MS medications and general information fall in this category. MS drugs are a multi-billion dollar industry and the thought of increasing your revenue with a few bits of false info could be very tempting.